ok-heres "chuckie" the mystery crested duck! any guesses please

[sonew123]

chuckie is 3 weeks old and huge! He/ she is quacking already-I just heard it-He/ she is in my tub-movingout tomorrow-what the heck is it? I was not supposed to get a duck egg in my hatching eggs I bought but I did-first time duck owner now-how do you get rid of that! anyhoo the seller told me it has to be a mallard-she had 1 breeding pair-but when I posted him at 2 days old no one thu=ought he was a mallard-what do you think? Are ducks supposed to quack so early? I hope its a girl so I can at least get yummy eggs out of all the food it trashes-LOL

 

[Chickie Mamma]

What are you feeding it?? That is a gorgeous duck!!!! Hopefully someone would know what breed it is. CUTE!!

 

[Chickie Mamma]

Crested Ancona????

 

[BantyHugger]

Well if its pure-bred I'd guess a black swedish. However it could be a rouen mix. Mine came out looking like a blue swede and she had speckled feet too(her father was rouen and mother was pekin):

This is a picture of a young black swede i bought 2 or 3 months ago:

And a Crested Blue Swede:

 

[rittert3]

I'm guessing a crested magpie.

 

[Riocotesei]

When I saw it, I thought black swedish as well.
But ancona makes sense too.
Female ducks tend to be very vocal and they are louder as well.
She is very cute by the way!

 

[Calebs Acre]

My "dirty duck" that I posted the other day (see below) is a crested runner (blue and white).....for comparison.... thought you'd see that the markings might be deceiving....hmmmm.

 

[Riocotesei]

Her duck doesn't have the posture of a runner..but if it's mixed it might not stand straight up anyways....

 

[Calebs Acre]

I guess I didn't word my post properly....I wasn't suggesting the duck was a runner, I was trying to suggest not to rely on the color pattern to identify the breed. Sorry if there was any confusion. I had people not identify Patch, my dirty duck, as a runner because of his unusual pattern....guess it's too late for me to make any sense.

 

[Riocotesei]

Hey no problem

It makes plenty of sense! I probably read it wrong cause i'm sleep deprived right now, it's almost 3 am here...lol.